Typographic Poster Developments

Whilst deciding on a colour pallet for the poster, i was going through Promiscuities again, looking at notes i had highlighted to see if there was anything that could spark inspiration for the colours used. I came across the following passage within the chapter titled 'The Time and the Place: 1968-1971' It reads the following "From an early age, we understood that the colour of  sexuality was hot pink - pink neon, like the sign, or Balenciaga pink, like lipstick" From this passage of the book it seems appropriate to use hot/neon/Balenciaga pink (which is basically hot pink) somewhere within the typographic poster, whether that's through printing or the paper stock.

I began to experiment with adding pink to the typographic poster, both adding colour to the type and to the background. The hot pink variation (on the right) is a lot more visually imapactful and vibrant than the more red-ish tone on the left, however the typography seems somewhat too full and dark. Taking inspiration from the pink passage above, i believe that the poster, although it should use some elements of black, should be more focused on using pink tones throughout, in order to allow the typographic poster to not only communicate the book which it's inspired from, but also to fit in with the late 60's era with the use of bold vibrant colours as the design in taking visual inspiration from said time period.

In order to still have some elements of black within the poster, i outlined the typography in a thin consistent line quality. From just outlining the type alone, the design already looked more representative of the 60's style.

I then added colour within the typography and the backgrounds as can be seen below, i tried out a concept, similar to earlier experimentation on the left, of just adding colour to certain words, for impact, however i soon realised that by highlighting certain words, it disrupts the flow of reading the poster, as the eye is first drawn to the words or letters which are highlighted. I intend for people to read the posted from top to bottom, and so by highlighting certain words it results in the way people read it to be different than i intended.

I used several tones of hot, bright pink however i believe that i will need to print the typographic posters out and then see how the colours are in person rather than on screen. I want to achieve a very over the top, neon colour pallet which you can't help but be drawn towards, I will experiment with printing directly on to neon paper, as well as other varying tones of pink.